Senior Territory Account Executive (Chennai)
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Senior Territory Account Executive (Chennai)
India / Chennai, India
Sales – Field Sales
Permanent
Remote
About Us
Sophos is a cybersecurity leader defending 600,000 organizations globally with an AI-driven platform and expert-led services. Sophos meets organizations wherever they are in their security maturity and grows with them to defeat cyberattacks. Its solutions combine machine learning, automation, and real-time threat intelligence with frontline human expertise from Sophos X-Ops to deliver advanced, 24/7 threat monitoring, detection, and response.
Sophos offers industry-leading managed detection and response (MDR) alongside a comprehensive portfolio of cybersecurity technologies - including endpoint, network, email, and cloud security, extended detection and response (XDR), identity threat detection and response (ITDR), and next-gen SIEM. Together with expert advisory services, these capabilities help organizations proactively reduce risk and respond faster, with the visibility and scalability needed to stay ahead of evolving threats.
Sophos goes to market with a global partner ecosystem, including Managed Service Providers (MSPs), Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs), resellers and distributors, marketplace integrations, and cyber risk partners, giving organizations the flexibility to choose trusted relationships when securing their business. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.
Responsibilities
- Drive growth across large, strategic enterprise accounts in Chennai territory.
- Position end-to-end cybersecurity offerings including EDR, MDR, XDR, Firewall, SOC-as-a-Service, EASM, Zero Trust, and Cloud Security – not limited to point products.
- Build strong executive relationships with CISOs, CIOs, and security leaders to understand business challenges and drive value-based selling.
- Lead full sales cycle: from territory planning, demand generation, discovery, solution alignment, commercial closure, to long-term account expansion.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders including Sales Engineering, Product Specialists, Marketing, and Channel Partners to deliver integrated solutions.
- Accurately forecast pipeline and revenue in CRM (e.g., Salesforce).
- Represent the brand at industry events, customer briefings, and strategic forums.
Requirements
- 6–10+ years of enterprise cybersecurity sales experience with proven success in large account selling in Chennai.
- Minimum 3 years of extensive cybersecurity product/solution sales experience is mandatory.
- Experience in selling platform led security solutions, such as MDR/XDR, EDR suites, or integrated cloud/network security, not just point products like antivirus or basic firewalls.
- Strong understanding of security frameworks and enterprise threat landscape.
- Familiarity with MEDDPICC or other structured sales methodologies.
- Strong executive presence, negotiation skills, and business acumen.
- Prior experience in Salesforce, PowerBI, Clari or similar tools.
We Offer
- Remote-first working model with some roles requiring a hybrid approach.
- Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks.
- Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days.
- Global employee sustainability initiatives.
- Global fitness and trivia competitions.
- Global wellbeing days.
- Monthly wellbeing webinars and training.
About the Company
At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don't check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don't let a checklist hold you back – we encourage you to apply.
We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation.
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